On the Board for 2026!

[hooker-of-men]

First day it was above freezing. The fish is almost definitely of dubious origin, but I'll take it for January! Didn't pester it with taping, etc, but, if it wasn't 20, it was damn well close enough. I believe that's my biggest trout on the East Coast.

Fun start to the year!

 

[Swattie87]

Good going. Hoping to maybe join the club this weekend.

 

[Streammagic237]

That's a stud ! Way to go .

 

[RH1]

First day it was above freezing. The fish is almost definitely of dubious origin, but I'll take it for January! Didn't pester it with taping, etc, but, if it wasn't 20, it was damn well close enough. I believe that's my biggest trout on the East Coast.

Fun start to the year!
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Beautiful fish man, congratulations.

 

[KELORGO]

Awesome! Great start to the year!!

 

[STONEMAN]

Sweet. Jealous!

 

[Shawn_H]

I got on the board yesterday too - after being skunked on Sunday. But it was tough sledding yesterday too. I was shocked by the number of anglers I saw and ran into. I mean it was a nice-ish day but the water was still super cold and a weekday in January you can usually get some solitude. Not yesterday.

 

[JimKennedy]

Nice

 

[hooker-of-men]

Back to our regularly scheduled programming: I took the skunk on the Battenkill today.

 

[Swattie87]

I got the 2026 skunk off too today. Hiked 4.5 miles and 600 ft of elevation change. I’m out of shape. Was sucking wind big time on the way back up. (Had to park up top to legally access this one and hike down in.)

Was expecting Browns, but found only Brookies, landed 3 and missed a fourth. Was fun to be out in the snow/graupel squalls alternating with sunshine.

 

[goose54cdd]

Caught 2 rainbows and a brown on January 6. I don't know what I did but if you double click the whole image appears. If you're interested.

 

[Harry3]

First day it was above freezing. The fish is almost definitely of dubious origin, but I'll take it for January! Didn't pester it with taping, etc, but, if it wasn't 20, it was damn well close enough. I believe that's my biggest trout on the East Coast.

Fun start to the year!
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Beautiful colors!

 

[Nymph-wristed]

A buddy and I got on the board this morning for 2026 in SEPA. Maybe 10 fish between us, but at least 3 good small stream fish for the culture....

 

[Cougarbaby]

Nice dark blue eye on that first one

 

[tjsingle]

A buddy and I got on the board this morning for 2026 in SEPA. Maybe 10 fish between us, but at least 3 good small stream fish for the culture....

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Beauts!

 

[Broodstock]

Got my first trip of 2026 in yesterday, it was raining a decent amount. First fish was a fallfish and the nicest fish is here. I saw a much bigger fish, but he had second thoughts about the fly. I’m hoping the rivers stay fishable.

 

[JG63]

I got the 2026 skunk off too today. Hiked 4.5 miles and 600 ft of elevation change. I’m out of shape. Was sucking wind big time on the way back up. (Had to park up top to legally access this one and hike down in.)

Was expecting Browns, but found only Brookies, landed 3 and missed a fourth. Was fun to be out in the snow/graupel squalls alternating with sunshine.


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A perfect Winter day! Great photos 😎👍🏼

 

[Cougarbaby]

Nice fish Broodstock nice ,did you catch him by the 40th st bridge,lol

 

[tjsingle]

Got my first trip of 2026 in yesterday, it was raining a decent amount. First fish was a fallfish and the nicest fish is here. I saw a much bigger fish, but he had second thoughts about the fly. I’m hoping the rivers stay fishable.

Dang!

 

[Mikey2006]

Got on the board this past week with my first 20 of the year (20.5) and a 17. Still haven’t caught my first PA fish of the year